And how did I get to that?? Well I was going through the brochures I had got on the way to the Canyon, this one caught my attention. I called and made an appointment. I had to be at the pick up spot at 8.00 AM
So off I left my hotel at 7.00 AM and got the bus to the end of the strip. I did a silly calculation and got down 2 stops before, so had a walk till the pick up point. It was just 7.45 or so, but was already so hot with the scorching sun. I wend to McDonalds, took the hash brown. Then at 8 got into the shuttle which would take us to the point of skydiving.
We were shown some videos of what we need to do and instructions. We even practised our postures (what we were supposed to do after jumping off the plane). By now there were butterfiles in my stomach. I was already rethinking my plan of junmping off the plane from 3 miles (15000 ft). After this we paid for the jump. Signed papers saying the company was not responsible if anything happened ..blah.. blah..
The wait was pretty long.. 8 of them finished off before I started. But that delay gave me some time to talk with people who were there.. There was one girl who had just finished her graduation and this was her gift, she was here with her grandparents.. They were so sweet. I had a nice time talking to them.
The time was nearing when I would just fly of in the plane and then jump off 15K ft from the ground. I had butterflies in my stomach, when the staff said, the first set of people are going to jump, and we could go out n watch... It was a thrill to watch, firstly we could hardly trace the plane (my thoughts inside : Oh God I cant even see the plane from here).. And then we saw people jumping off and after a min parachutes opening and everybody just coming down floating down.
Now we were all set with the costumes on. this had lot of stuff with buckles and knots and straps.. It was quite funny wearing this. There was so much tension too... But I got the courage from the 80 year old lady who was all set to jump. I was amazed, being so old if she can have the courage to do this, then why not me. Our instructors came up and we were introduced. Mine was a Japanese (Yuki). He has been doing this for 7 years. He made me feel comfortable with him. Then tightened a few straps and we walked towards the plane. The we sat there in lines and he tightened the straps even more.. and was attaching his straps to mine.. I was all nervous by this time. Finally my turn came...
We went near the door. Seriously the wind out there is so fast and loud, you can hardly hear anything else. So now he just tapped on my shoulder and off we jumped in the air. Out of the plane.. facing down and looking at the earth. The desert seemed even more beautiful, the colorado river in between seemed like an Oasis. And at one side was Las Vegas. I was trying to scream but only my mouth was open, no voice came out. And my face was getting pulled back.. It was so amazing.. I just couldnt believe it that I did this. After a min, Yuki opened the parachute. And then it was we were sitting there floating in the air... I even directed the parachute a little.. and had the most relaxing ride ever, back to the ground. And after I came back my excitement stayed with me the whole day.
We were dropped back near a casino called Mandalay Bay. This was pretty huge. I roamed around this and took pictures of Lexus too, which had the Egyptian theme. There is a big Pyramid and the spinz (i think thats what its called). I was so excited and hungry.
I just wanted to hold onto the excitement and so wanted to take rest and not exhaust myself in the heat. I knew there was an Indian Restaurant on the strip. Took a bus to this place and had excellent food there. I am not sure if the food was too good or I was extremely happy n hungry to find fault. If you stay for a few days, 1 visit is surely worth it. After this I took the next bus. But the traffic is so much that it took nearly an hr to reach my hotel. I went to my room and just crashed on the bed.
Around 5 or 6 in the evening I again left the hotel to explore more of LV. This time I knew where I wanted to go... So went into Ceaser's palace, Bellagio [All these are the biggies there. Actually hugies :) ]
Saw the musical fountain for the nth time and then was back pretty soon this day. I had to drive the next day so wanted to catch up with some sleep. I saw some tv, and then floated into the dreamland by 11......
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